A senior officer and manager with the nation’s largest fleet of nuclear reactors “deliberately” short-funded Exelon’s financial reserves for shutting down reactors across the country between 2005 and 2009, including eight near Delaware, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said in a letter released Thursday.

The agency outlined its claims in a request that Exelon officials attend a closed-door meeting as early as this month on the case and warned of potential sanctions for problems with the accounts. [link to www.delawareonline.com] .